"The launcher sucks, let's call it what it is," Epic Game Store boss [Steven Allison] says, promising a year of big improvements to speed, new "forum-type" social features, more (archive.is)

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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

problem with Epic is that they were with the wrong assumption

A lot of Epic was based on very cynical assumptions about who play games and why. Epic and Tim Sweeney see "gamers" as a monotype who spend money like water and have no loyalty to a brand or marketplace. It must be a shock to give away so much stuff and not buy and favor with the community.

Shareholders don't understand that we have a few games we cherish and spend years playing. Epic never understood it's audience and still seems to be missing the point.

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